After one year at the general staff headquarters of the 3rd Corps, he integrated in 1991 National Superior Technical Advanced School (French: l'Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Techniques Avancées) as a trainee of the technical brevet of the EMSST. Graduate in 1993 of the 107th promotion of the Superior Course of the general staff headquarters, he joined on year later, the 2nd promotion of the Interarm Defense College (French: Collège interarmées de Défense, CID).
From 1995 to 2000, he served successively at the general staff headquarters of the Armies (French: l'état major des Armées, EMA) at the bureau of study then at the general staff headquarters staff of French Forces stationed in Djibouti as division chief of operations.[2]
In 2000, he was designated as the regimental commander of the 2ème REP. During his command tenure, he rejoined the Interarm Defense College (French: Collège interarmées de Défense, CID) as the chief cell of operational simulations, before being the auditor of the 54th promotion of CHEM and the 57th promotion of the Institute of Superior National Defense Studies (French: l'Institut des Hautes études de la Défense Nationale, IHEDN).[2]
Prior to assuming the command of the French Foreign Legion, général Bouquin was assigned since 2005 at the general staff headquarters of the French Army (EMAT) where he occupied in his last year the post of Secretary General Council of Systems Forces.
Général de brigade since 1 August 2008, he assumed the command of the Foreign Legion in 2009, a post which he held till 2011.[3] During his career, général Bouquin participated to numerous exterior operations, most notably in Chad and Central African Republic (1984, 1986, 1988, 1989) as well as Kosovo in 2001.
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^[2] Division General Commandant of the French Foreign Legion, L'Etat-major du COMLE (Commandement de la Légion Étrangère), Les Chefs COMLE
December 20, 2023
alain, bouquin, this, biography, living, person, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, adding, reliable, sources, contentious, material, about, living, persons, that, unsourced, poorly, sourced, must, removed, immediately, from, article, ta. This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Alain Bouquin news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message Alain Bouquin born 1958 was a General of the French Army and the Commandant of the Foreign Legion 1 Alain BouqinBorn1958Allegiance FranceService wbr branchFrench ArmyYears of service1979 2015RankGeneral de corps d armeeUnit4th Foreign Regiment4e RE2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment2e REPCommands held2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment2e REP Commandement de la Legion Etrangere Contents 1 Military career 2 Recognitions and honors 3 See also 4 ReferencesMilitary career editSaint Cyrien of the promotion of General Paul Frederic Rollet 1978 1980 he was assigned after one year at Montpellier to the 4th Foreign Regiment 4e RE in 1980 One year later in 1981 he was assigned to the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment 2e R E P 2 until 1990 occupying the functions of section platoon chief assistant officer Commandant Major of a combat company then officer in charge of the instruction and operations bureau After one year at the general staff headquarters of the 3rd Corps he integrated in 1991 National Superior Technical Advanced School French l Ecole Nationale Superieure des Techniques Avancees as a trainee of the technical brevet of the EMSST Graduate in 1993 of the 107th promotion of the Superior Course of the general staff headquarters he joined on year later the 2nd promotion of the Interarm Defense College French College interarmees de Defense CID From 1995 to 2000 he served successively at the general staff headquarters of the Armies French l etat major des Armees EMA at the bureau of study then at the general staff headquarters staff of French Forces stationed in Djibouti as division chief of operations 2 In 2000 he was designated as the regimental commander of the 2eme REP During his command tenure he rejoined the Interarm Defense College French College interarmees de Defense CID as the chief cell of operational simulations before being the auditor of the 54th promotion of CHEM and the 57th promotion of the Institute of Superior National Defense Studies French l Institut des Hautes etudes de la Defense Nationale IHEDN 2 Prior to assuming the command of the French Foreign Legion general Bouquin was assigned since 2005 at the general staff headquarters of the French Army EMAT where he occupied in his last year the post of Secretary General Council of Systems Forces General de brigade since 1 August 2008 he assumed the command of the Foreign Legion in 2009 a post which he held till 2011 3 During his career general Bouquin participated to numerous exterior operations most notably in Chad and Central African Republic 1984 1986 1988 1989 as well as Kosovo in 2001 On 1 April 2011 general Bouquin was promoted to the rank of General de division and while in function he was subsequently promoted to General de corps d armee Recognitions and honors edit nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Officier of the Legion of Honour nbsp Officier of the Ordre national du Merite nbsp Croix de la Valeur Militaire 1 bronze star nbsp Croix du combattant nbsp Medaille d Outre Mer nbsp Medaille de la Defense nationale medaille d argent nbsp Medaille de Reconnaissance de la Nation d Afrique du Nord nbsp Medaille commemorative francaiseSee also editMajor France French Foreign Legion Music Band MLE References edit 1 Division General Commandant of the French Foreign Legion Les Chefs COMLE a b c Biographie du general Archived from the original on 13 February 2010 Retrieved 31 January 2010 2 Division General Commandant of the French Foreign Legion L Etat major du COMLE Commandement de la Legion Etrangere Les Chefs COMLE Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alain Bouquin amp oldid 1182485664, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
